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Meera Rajagopalan is the Austin Editor for Miss A. A proud Longhorn, Meera earned her journalism degree from UT. Some of her hobbies include event planning, writing and baking. She loves trying new recipes and experimenting with food. Her latest creation was Pistachio Fudge. A tech nerd at heart, Meera loves cool iPhone apps and geeking out with friends about social media trends. Aside from the tech stuff, Meera also enjoys discovering new fonts. There’s something about finding the perfect font to help enhance titles. Besides her hobbies, Meera loves free stuff. So far besides tons of samples, she’s won concert tickets, movie passes (compliments of Do512) and a cooking class.

Each year hundreds of bands and musicians flock to Austin to perform at the South By Southwest Festival. While many performances require a badge or wristband to attend, there is also a free concert series.

(Photo Credit: Rolling Stone.com)

During the Thursday to Saturday of SXSW, Auditorium Shores becomes a three-day music series, free and open to the public. Past performers include The Strokes, She & Him, Cheap Trick, Public Enemy, M. Ward, Bright Eyes, just to name a few.

Some of the other artists performing at SXSW this year are Jovanotti, Bajofonda, The Flaming Lips, and Jim James.

Los Lonely Boys (Photo Credit: MTV.com)

New to this year’s SXSW is the Market at Auditorium Shores, which is a space designed for a select group of Art and Fashion vendors on the West Side of the Park.

A portion of the proceeds from Auditorium Shores will benefit Latinas Unidas Por El Arte (LUPE). LUPE is a “non-profits arts and arts education organization that partners up with area businesses and community leaders to enrich the lives of students, artists and other arts organizations in the Central Texas region.” It “strives to further the critical thinking skills, literacy, academic achievement and media awareness for students through arts education.”